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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.jpg "Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis")
.jpg "Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
.jpg "Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds")
.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
With a carinated outer face, composed of twisted silver bars; cleaned; probably from North Africa. 35 grams, 68 mm wide
Acquired before the early 1970s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Property of a London gentleman.
Acquired before the early 1970s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Property of a London gentleman.
.jpg "Senufo Wooden Male Figure")
Depicted squatting and displaying scarification marks around the chest, median crested coiffure with hands resting on the knees. 1.9 kg, 69 cm high
From Côte d'Ivoire/Ghana.
From an old Newbury, UK, ethnographic collection.
The Senufo peoples are distributed in West Africa in the area of Cote d'Ivoire and Mali. They are famed for their woodcarving skills as well as their musical abilities.
From Côte d'Ivoire/Ghana.
From an old Newbury, UK, ethnographic collection.
The Senufo peoples are distributed in West Africa in the area of Cote d'Ivoire and Mali. They are famed for their woodcarving skills as well as their musical abilities.
Including rectangular, discoid and other types with inset carnelian cloisons. 100 grams total, 24-33 mm
Ex London art market, Mayfair 1990s.
Ex London art market, Mayfair 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Including one seated with children on the lap, and other types. 994 grams total, 4.6-12.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Group of two penannular round-section bracelets with clubbed ends. 29 grams total, 58-84 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Each a narrow hoop with square rove to the looped end, body formed as a six-pointed star with inset glass cloisons. 17.3 grams total, 44-45 mm
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
With inset mainly discoid stones bearing geometric designs. 80 grams total, 26-30 mm
Ex London art market, Mayfair 1990s.
Ex London art market, Mayfair 1990s.
Comprising six small specimens displaying blue and green colours, collection number 218. 6.01 grams total, 13-21 mm
Ex Miss Rawlinson in 1908.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Ex Miss Rawlinson in 1908.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Carpopenaeus sp. on a rectangular matrix. 113 grams, 10 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Comprising: tuff from Chineham District Centre, Chineham, Basingstoke, England, collection number 532; pale apple-green gypsum from Rudna Copper Mine, Lubin, Poland, collection number 576; lepidolite from Brazil, collection number 268; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 501; a cut and polished agate geode half from Brazil, collection number 68; asrophyllite from Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, USSR, collection number 556; breccia, collection number 188; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; boleite, collection number 553. 1.46 kg total, 3.5-11.5 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Comprising: blue kyanite from Minas Gerais, Brazil, collection number 427; stained calcite from Ghajn Tuffer, Malta, collection number 41; amethyst geode half from Brazil, collection number 276; pyrite, collection number 343; bornite with calcite, collection number 162; light blue celestine, collection number 264; chalcopyrite on sphalerite on dolomite from Joplin district, Missouri, USA; jasper from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 226; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193. 655 grams total, 32-77 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Horseshoe-shaped body with a broad cephalon rim and genal spines that overhang the rest of the body; some restoration. 250 grams, 13 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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